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Author
Illustrator
Series
Type
Ages
Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Pages
86 p.
Keywords
Categories
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Music / Jazz, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Music
Subjects
Armstrong, Louis,, Biography, United States, Jazz musicians, African Americans, Armstrong, Louis,, 1901-1971
Publisher
mwfb
Although his circumstances appeared to be an insurmountable challenge for realizing his musical passion, Louis (and readers) realize the powerful beauty of kindness given (and accepted) and the reward of hope and dependability. A valuable read.
publisher summary(s)
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong had to work to help his mother pay the rent, but one day when the junk wagon he worked on passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window, young Louis couldn't resist.
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real horn. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, Louis had a job. Every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing his tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . .
A Horn for Louis is perfect for Black History Month. With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, it’s perfect for the rest of the year, too!
From the Hardcover edition.
A Horn for Louis is perfect for Black History Month. With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, it’s perfect for the rest of the year, too!
From the Hardcover edition.